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Terrorism News and Photosen-cawebstaff@therepublic.comCopyright 2015Vietnamese man extradited from England to face terror casehttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/20c322041ab1437eb8329db84ebc848d/US--Terrorism-Extraditionhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/20c322041ab1437eb8329db84ebc848d/US--Terrorism-ExtraditionNEW YORK - A Vietnamese man has been extradited from the United Kingdom to face charges he provided material support to al-Qaida.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 13:27:46 -0500Mines, bombs slow Iraqi advance on Islamic State-held Tikrithttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e0da66be34b34da5ad18270d7288ff1c/ML--Islamic-Statehttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e0da66be34b34da5ad18270d7288ff1c/ML--Islamic-State

BAGHDAD - Iraqi troops and Shiite militias battled the Islamic State group on Tuesday on the outskirts of militant-held Tikrit, unable to advance further on Saddam Hussein's hometown as roadside mines and suicide attacks slowed their progress.]]>

Tue, 03 Mar 2015 13:22:54 -0500Hundreds killed as Chad forces seize northeast Nigerian townhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/b0d5f2ae3b49411eab79b59f9f34dfa9/AF--Nigeria-Boko-Haramhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/b0d5f2ae3b49411eab79b59f9f34dfa9/AF--Nigeria-Boko-HaramMAIDUGURI, Nigeria - Chadian troops have seized a strategically located northeast Nigerian town from Boko Haram, but not before the defeated Islamic extremists killed hundreds of civilians, Chad's military said.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 11:28:58 -0500Publisher moves up release for Hirsi Ali book 'Heretic'http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/730a9573485b432fa35f7681fa09b95e/US--Books-Hirsi-Alihttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/730a9573485b432fa35f7681fa09b95e/US--Books-Hirsi-AliNEW YORK - The release date for the latest book by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a women's rights advocate and leading critic of Islam, has been moved up from late April to March 24.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 10:01:21 -0500China plays down US concerns over anti-terror legislationhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/56bc6d5b1c6444c4bfd1e6d67a81f13a/AS--China-Terror-Lawhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/56bc6d5b1c6444c4bfd1e6d67a81f13a/AS--China-Terror-LawSHANGHAI - China played down U.S. concerns that proposed anti-terror legislation would give the Chinese government sweeping power to police electronic communications and marginalize foreign companies fighting for a share of China's $465 billion technology market, saying Tuesday that the law is purely designed to address domestic security issues.]]>Tue, 03 Mar 2015 08:46:32 -0500Australia sending more troops to Iraq to train local forceshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/da09007416064fa7b1a7436b19c3dfbf/AS--Australia-Iraq-Deploymenthttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/da09007416064fa7b1a7436b19c3dfbf/AS--Australia-Iraq-DeploymentCANBERRA, Australia - Australia will send more troops to Iraq to help train local security forces in their battle against the Islamic State group, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Tuesday.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:31:16 -0500Feds: Man well on his way to becoming terrorist before stinghttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/81b111ea5a33413dbe05c23e25219002/US--Suicide-Bomb-Plot-Kansashttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/81b111ea5a33413dbe05c23e25219002/US--Suicide-Bomb-Plot-KansasWICHITA, Kansas - A man accused of plotting a suicide bomb attack at a Kansas airport was "well on his way" to becoming a violent terrorist before authorities began investigating him, federal prosecutors argued Monday.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 20:01:20 -0500Military judge orders overseer of Gitmo cases replacedhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/73d8325db38a4b85b037cf5477171893/US--Guantanamo-Cole-Attackhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/73d8325db38a4b85b037cf5477171893/US--Guantanamo-Cole-AttackFORT MEADE, Maryland - A military judge ordered the Defense Department Monday to replace the overseer of war crimes tribunals at the U.S. Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, declaring that his ill-fated attempt to accelerate the cases amounted to unlawful influence.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 15:55:54 -0500Prosecutors in NYC urge jury to convict man in al-Qaida plothttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/38496a3dfb814c6da14031325a3d785c/US--British-Terror-Suspect-US-Trialhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/38496a3dfb814c6da14031325a3d785c/US--British-Terror-Suspect-US-TrialNEW YORK - Prosecutors are urging a U.S. jury to convict a Pakistani man on charges he was part of a terror conspiracy to attack targets in America and Europe.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 13:31:29 -0500Spain asks US for help on extraditions from Cubahttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/6ce91d0d36a54aaba21241c702fb5c0d/EU--Spain-Cuba-Terrorismhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/6ce91d0d36a54aaba21241c702fb5c0d/EU--Spain-Cuba-TerrorismMADRID - Spain said Monday it has asked the United States to use its talks on taking Cuba off the blacklist of nations sponsoring terrorism to help obtain the extradition of two members of the armed Basque group ETA from the communist country.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 09:28:15 -0500Iran blames West for rise of Islamic State grouphttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/96a1e45bb3644cba96355326466b8a4a/EU--United-Nations-Iran-Terrorismhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/96a1e45bb3644cba96355326466b8a4a/EU--United-Nations-Iran-Terrorism

BERLIN - Iran's foreign minister has accused the West of fueling Islamic extremism by failing to protect the rights of Muslim immigrants.]]>

Mon, 02 Mar 2015 07:58:10 -0500Australia bans travel to Iraqi city of Mosul under new lawhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ebaedfc6f614470c9fd76603ab722af3/AS--Australia-Islamic-Statehttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/ebaedfc6f614470c9fd76603ab722af3/AS--Australia-Islamic-StateCANBERRA, Australia - The Iraqi city of Mosul, which is held by Islamic State movement fighters, on Monday became the second terrorist hot-spot to be declared off-limits to Australians under new counterterrorism laws aimed deterring foreign fighters.]]>Mon, 02 Mar 2015 02:31:05 -0500AP Essay: 'Jihadi John' won't have the same impact unmaskedhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8d4c0fc76dd84bb69e8b4a1576319f81/Jihadi-John-Unmaskedhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8d4c0fc76dd84bb69e8b4a1576319f81/Jihadi-John-Unmasked

LONDON - As "Jihadi John," he was a terrifying figure, his identity concealed by a black mask, his threatening tone backed up by his oversize, serrated knife and his willingness to use it in the name of Islamic State and its self-declared caliphate.]]>

Sun, 01 Mar 2015 12:20:22 -0500Baltimore-area teen speaks out on behalf of Muslim communityhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d0a007eb58684f8e9f29a1b1ee2ad5b5/MD--Muslim-Teen-Advocatehttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/d0a007eb58684f8e9f29a1b1ee2ad5b5/MD--Muslim-Teen-AdvocateTOWSON, Maryland - Amara Majeed founded a website called "The Hijab Project," aimed at combating discrimination against Muslim girls and women who wear head-scarves in public. She self-published a book of short biographies of 17 peace-loving, law-abiding Muslims from around the world. She provides online commentary for CNN and, starting earlier this month, for the Huffington Post.]]>Sun, 01 Mar 2015 10:45:23 -05002 detained in German anti-terror raid have been set freehttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f5c58acd41e4470dbf4c31a96001cdba/EU--Germany-Islamic-Extremistshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/f5c58acd41e4470dbf4c31a96001cdba/EU--Germany-Islamic-Extremists

BERLIN - German authorities say two people who were detained in connection with an anti-terror raid in the city Bremen have been released.]]>

MOSCOW - Maybe it was Islamic extremists who killed Boris Nemtsov. Or someone offended by his love life. Or agents of a Western power that will stop at nothing to disfigure President Vladimir Putin's image and drive him from power.]]>

BEIRUT - Little known to the wider world 18 months ago, the Islamic State extremist group has muscled its way into the international spotlight by carving out a self-declared caliphate in the heart of the Mideast, beheading its opponents and foreign journalists, and attracting radicalized youth as far afield as Paris, London and New York.]]>

Sat, 28 Feb 2015 15:22:32 -0500Police in German city warn of potential extremist threathttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8e6e9951e59d4fe78045d6ba0b64b52f/EU--German-Islamic-Extremistshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/8e6e9951e59d4fe78045d6ba0b64b52f/EU--German-Islamic-ExtremistsBERLIN - Police in the German city of Bremen warned Saturday of a potential danger from Islamic extremists there and stepped up security measures.]]>Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:43:17 -0500Report: LA-area stadium near airport would pose terror riskhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/24d0724ac88541b690c5cda80fe8ebca/FBN--NFL-Los-Angeleshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/24d0724ac88541b690c5cda80fe8ebca/FBN--NFL-Los-AngelesLOS ANGELES - A report commissioned by the developer of a downtown Los Angeles football stadium warns that a rival project nearby could be a potential terrorist target because of its proximity to Los Angeles International Airport.]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 21:42:05 -0500US, Cuba cite progress on restoring diplomatic tieshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c27676c881ef4c01b44f5c9a7803051d/US--United-States-Cubahttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c27676c881ef4c01b44f5c9a7803051d/US--United-States-Cuba

WASHINGTON - The United States and Cuba claimed progress Friday toward ending a half-century diplomatic freeze, suggesting they could clear some of the biggest obstacles to their new relationship within weeks.]]>

PARIS - The profile of "Jihadi John," the university-educated Londoner whose masked face is emblematic of the grisly executions by the Islamic State group, is vastly different from that of the marginalized men who carried out terror attacks in France and Denmark. That comes as no surprise to those who work with tracking such threats, who say there is no typical terrorist.]]>

Fri, 27 Feb 2015 16:29:15 -0500Iraqi-born cleric faces custody for praising Paris attackhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/0360b47fac2445ccb4adcc2447d89c4c/EU--Norway-Mullah-Krekarhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/0360b47fac2445ccb4adcc2447d89c4c/EU--Norway-Mullah-KrekarCOPENHAGEN, Denmark - An Iraqi-born cleric recently released from prison in Norway was jailed Friday for four weeks after praising the slaying of cartoonists at the satirical Charlie Hebdo paper in Paris that had lampooned Islam and other religions.]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 13:50:54 -0500Man charged with aiding terror groups arrested in Indianahttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e85a30d82c804f48a3ace0dfe45360bd/US--Islamic-State-Chargeshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/e85a30d82c804f48a3ace0dfe45360bd/US--Islamic-State-ChargesINDIANAPOLIS - A New York man who's among six Bosnian immigrants accused of funneling money and military supplies to terror groups in Iraq and Syria was arrested in central Indiana in early February.]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 09:16:12 -0500IS finances 'vulnerable,' tougher action needed, report sayshttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c5ba9f1923774a82a72723e8d11b7e4e/Islamic-State-Financinghttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/c5ba9f1923774a82a72723e8d11b7e4e/Islamic-State-FinancingPARIS - A global agency fighting terrorist financing says Islamic State extremists are financially vulnerable as oil prices have fallen and their ability to extort resources in Iraq and Syria is peaking.]]>Fri, 27 Feb 2015 07:01:09 -0500Walker: Protesters prepared him to confront global terrorismhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/30eca5b4fe404ff298e7f8bac56dfea6/US--GOP-2016-CPAC-Walkerhttp://www.therepublic.com/view/story/30eca5b4fe404ff298e7f8bac56dfea6/US--GOP-2016-CPAC-Walker

OXON HILL, Maryland - Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said Thursday that his experience taking on thousands of protesters in his state helped prepare him to take on terrorists across the world.]]>